Crystal Palace is looking for a rare home victory when they face Aston Villa in the Premier League Tuesday evening.
This is the third meeting of the season between these two clubs, the pair being also faced with the Carabao Cup before playing a 2-2 draw in the inverted league match last November.
Palace had won only one of its first 11 outings in the Premier League before guaranteeing a point at Villa Park, the Eagles enjoying a much more productive new year. The outfit of the south of London is up to 13th and heads for Tuesday’s match at the rear of an impressive 2-0 victory in Fulham on Saturday.
Only two of their eight first league victories this season arrived at the Selhurst Park.
While Palace had trouble in front of their fans, Villa was not particularly good travelers. This is their first outdoor game since they lost 2-0 at Wolves on February 1. The UAI Emery team won only four of its 12 championship games on the road, but their stellar shape at Villa Park firmly left them in the photo to claim a place in the Champions League for 2025/25.
Saturday’s victory over Chelsea moved villa in the eighth and are only two points at the fifth place of Newcastle.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to the shock of the Premier League on Tuesday.
Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Record head-to-head (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Crystal Palace | Aston Villa |
|---|---|
Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace – 02/22/25 | Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea – 02/22/25 |
Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton – 02/15/25 | Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool – 19/02/25 |
Doncastter 0-2 Crystal Palace – 10/02/25 | Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich – 02/15/25 |
Man UTD 0-2 Crystal Palace – 02/02/25 | Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham – 02/09/25 |
Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford – 01/26/25 | Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa – 01/02/25 |
Country | TV channel / live flow |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Discovery +, Discovery + App, TNT SPORTS 2 |
UNITED STATES | FUBOTV, NBCSPORTS.COM, NBC SPORTS AP, Universo Now, Telemundo Deportes in Vivo, USA Network, Universo |
Canada | Fubotv Canada, Fubo Sports Network 3 Canada |
Adam Wharton has been released in the lap in recent weeks, the midfielder having so far been limited to the cameras which had recovered from the groin surgery he suffered in November. Saturday’s rapid turnaround could encourage Glasner to bring English to its departure XI, but another appearance of the bench seems more likely.
The hosts have no problems of fresh injury of the weekend victory in Fulham, but they are still without Joel Ward, Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure.
Jean-Philippe Mateta was back on Saturday in the middle of another stellar season, and the Frenchman will direct the palace attack against a back line of the villa hit by an injury on Tuesday.
Palace predicted the alignment against Aston Villa (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Chilwell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta.
Axel Disasi impressed against Liverpool last week, but was unable to appear against his parent club on weekends. The French defender is again available for Tuesday’s match, and Emery should play it alongside Ezri Konsa.
Tyrone Mings and Pau Torres are sidelined.
Boubacar Kamara sits again with a muscle injury, and Villa is also still without Amadou Onana and Ross Barkley, who marked in the reverse match.
The arrivals of January Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio played a key role in the victory of Saturday on Chelsea and should both be in the XI of Emery in Selhurst Park. Morgan Rogers took the last time and is a doubt.
Aston Villa predicted the alignment vs palace (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Disasi, Maathsen; McGinn, Tielemans; Asensio, Rogers, Rashford; Watkins.
What will give Tuesday: Palace’s home file or the Bug of Villa Disease?
The two teams won impressive victories this weekend, although Villa was helped by Filip Jorgensen in Chelsea by launching one in his net, and is ready to play another frantic case in southern London.
The palace is from top to bottom on the results of the results in recent weeks, but it is undeniable that the side of Oliver Glasner is close to rediscover their most powerful groove. However, their capacity on the counterattack seems to manifest itself much more frequently far from her home, and Emery will undoubtedly aim to limit the success of hosts in transition on Tuesday evening.
This is creating a chess match with neither of the two teams wishing to enjoy the ball too much. In the end, another loot sharing can be in progress.
